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Maplecroft Maps

Submitted by Commons on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 22:49.

graphic of a globe with four radiating magnifications that show data layers and information

Maplecroft Maps is a tool "designed to raise awareness amongst corporations, government and non-governmental organizations, academics, students and the general public of how an organisation's operations interact with wider society, and how the risks and opportunities generated can be responsibly managed through stakeholder engage

Mobile Active

Submitted by Commons on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 20:10.

mobileactive.org banner/logo

MobileActive.org is a community of people and organizations working to capitalize on the world's 3.5 billion mobile phones to build civil society capacity, improve government accountability, and advocate for change.

Eldis

Submitted by Commons on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 21:07.

photo of classic wood, floor to ceiling book shelves in library

Eldis is an online treasure trove of collected research on a widerange of development topics, maintained by the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex  Over 26,000 documents from more than 7,000 publishers are available here for free download.  Eldis' mission is to improve internatio

Ushahidi

Submitted by Commons on Mon, 11/24/2008 - 18:22.

Picture from http://flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/2206687406/

Ushahidi, which means "testimony" in Swahili, is a website built in the aftermath of the Kenyan 2008 elections to map reports of violence.

Global Voices

Submitted by Commons on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 17:50.

drawing of people talking with colorful, overlaping speech bubbles

Global Voices’ international team of volunteer editors, contributors, bloggers and translators contribute information, analysis, reports, podcasts, photos, videoblogs and online media that help people make sense of world events and the global blogosphere.

2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge

Submitted by Commons on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 21:04.

Cell phone

The 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge - An Open call for Innovative Mobile technology Applications for Developing Countries

Enter USAID’s  first open source challenge!